Can you use brass fittings

[skeeterhi]

I have two questions
1) Can I use brass fittings?
2) Can I run my warm from my pot to cold water?

Thank you

[ga flatwoods]

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[skeeterhi]

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I have, been! Also been reading everything on this site, and never came across any mention of Brass being used.

I thought this was a site to get advice.

[ga flatwoods]

I gave you a post with the answer even another person asking what you just did. Did you even read the thread I posted? Sorry for nit giving you an immediate direct response but the link was a pretty thorough thread. You ARE AT THE BEST SOURCE for the info you seek. There is way more here than can be learned in a year of study. One of the first lessons in the craft is that of patience. What we all seek does not come in a hurry nor can it be. Hurried is what is sold at the liquor store no matter how long it sat in a barrel.
I dont understand hour questiin #2, typo maybe? Anyway, here: http://homedistiller.org/forum/search.p ... mit=Search

[skeeterhi]

I gave you a post with the answer even another person asking what you just did. Did you even read the thread I posted? Sorry for nit giving you an immediate direct response but the link was a pretty thorough thread. You ARE AT THE BEST SOURCE for the info you seek. There is way more here than can be learned in a year of study. One of the first lessons in the craft is that of patience. What we all seek does not come in a hurry nor can it be. Hurried is what is sold at the liquor store no matter how long it sat in a barrel.
I dont understand hour questiin #2, typo maybe? Anyway, here: http://homedistiller.org/forum/search.p ... mit=Search

I see your link, now, Sorry! Normally links are highlighted in blue.

Yes that was a typo.

I was trying to ask, every pot still; nobody runs cooling worm straight to the pot, always have an 11/4 or larger copper pipe before connecting to the Cooling worm. why cant we just run the cooling worm straight.

Thank you for understanding and patients

[ga flatwoods]

Some use as little as 1/2" just depends on size of pot. What you ask is what a lot of stove top models do but it is dangerous and not recommended. The reason being is you need larger predominately to avoid puking or overboil from stopping up the flow of condensate and causing pressure in the system. The larger pipe prior to the smaller provides this buffer as well as helping to increase efficiency of the takeoff. Imagine a 1/2" line coming straight off a 15 gallon pot. It would take a long time compared to a 2" takeoff. Hope this answers your question s.
GA Flatwoods

[skeeterhi]

Some use as little as 1/2" just depends on size of pot. What you ask is what a lot of stove top models do but it is dangerous and not recommended. The reason being is you need larger predominately to avoid puking or overboil from stopping up the flow of condensate and causing pressure in the system. The larger pipe prior to the smaller provides this buffer as well as helping to increase efficiency of the takeoff. Imagine a 1/2" line coming straight off a 15 gallon pot. It would take a long time compared to a 2" takeoff. Hope this answers your question s.
GA Flatwoods

Thank you for your response.
I see what your saying, what If; I made a 3/4" manifold with eight 3/4" tees four on the top and four on the bottom 8" high off a 5 gallon pot, into 1/2" then reduce to 3/8 condensing coil.

for me to get 1 1/4 or 2" copper pipe I have to buy 20 feet of it, here in Hawaii things are a bit more expensive, 2" X 20' cost $264.00 and the 11/4" $154.00.

So you see why I am trying in a different fashion, too save the $bucks$

[bellybuster]

1/2" from start to finish works for allot of folks. Just make sure you understand what puking means and howe to avoid it.

[Hound Dog]

You just building a pot still? You know you can take a sheet of copper 6 1/2" wide x however long you want it, roll it up with a little overlap, hold it in place with a little copper wire and solder it up. Presto! 2" tube. I did my first one that way. It ain't got to be perfect, or a work of art. You just want steam to flow through it.

[skeeterhi]

1/2" from start to finish works for allot of folks. Just make sure you understand what puking means and howe to avoid it.

Thank you I will read up on puking

[skeeterhi]

You just building a pot still? You know you can take a sheet of copper 6 1/2" wide x however long you want it, roll it up with a little overlap, hold it in place with a little copper wire and solder it up. Presto! 2" tube. I did my first one that way. It ain't got to be perfect, or a work of art. You just want steam to flow through it.

I will have to buy a full 4'X8' piece of copper. I can call a sheet medial company too see if they have scraps, all though I am 50 miles out of town.

what gage copper do you recommend?

[Ghost]

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I have, been! Also been reading everything on this site, and never came across any mention of Brass being used.

I thought this was a site to get advice.

Oh boy

[skeeterhi]

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I have, been! Also been reading everything on this site, and never came across any mention of Brass being used.

I thought this was a site to get advice.

Oh boy

Ya I'm getting it together, slowly but surely

[Ghost]

LOL - there is a TON, literally a ton of info here to sift through. More and more I am reading post saying the same thing that they have looked everywhere but cant find the answer! Might just be they don't know where to look is all. You will get it - we all started somewhere!

[Hound Dog]

You just building a pot still? You know you can take a sheet of copper 6 1/2" wide x however long you want it, roll it up with a little overlap, hold it in place with a little copper wire and solder it up. Presto! 2" tube. I did my first one that way. It ain't got to be perfect, or a work of art. You just want steam to flow through it.

I will have to buy a full 4'X8' piece of copper. I can call a sheet medial company too see if they have scraps, all though I am 50 miles out of town.

what gage copper do you recommend?

I certainly wouldn't get a 4' x 8' piece! The pipe would be cheaper. Try a roofing or gutter supply place. Google would be a good place to start. I didn't look to see what country you are in though so don't know how that will work for you. Plenty of places here in the US sell roofing copper. It is sold by oz per square foot. 16 oz copper would be fine.

[skeeterhi]

You just building a pot still? You know you can take a sheet of copper 6 1/2" wide x however long you want it, roll it up with a little overlap, hold it in place with a little copper wire and solder it up. Presto! 2" tube. I did my first one that way. It ain't got to be perfect, or a work of art. You just want steam to flow through it.

I will have to buy a full 4'X8' piece of copper. I can call a sheet medial company too see if they have scraps, all though I am 50 miles out of town.

what gage copper do you recommend?

I certainly wouldn't get a 4' x 8' piece! The pipe would be cheaper. Try a roofing or gutter supply place. Google would be a good place to start. I didn't look to see what country you are in though so don't know how that will work for you. Plenty of places here in the US sell roofing copper. It is sold by oz per square foot. 16 oz copper would be fine.

great idea, there is a guy that makes copper gutters close to me.

I live in Hawaii

[Hound Dog]

Well good deal on the gutter guy. 3" is a standard downspout size if you can make that work. He might have a short piece left from a job in his scrap bin. Just make sure its not soldered. I doubt the roofing / gutter guy is checking for lead free solder.

[friendly1uk]

I realise it is traditional here to just tell people to look elsewhere. The fact the post linked too is doing the same thing comes as no surprise. This is useless though when people try to search out past threads. They just gets threads pointing to threads pointing to threads with the same 'look harder' comments. This thread here is destined to become another such red herring that can only lead to more fresh threads as people become perplexed with their search results. I have never known another forum like it.

California now expects lead free (under 0.25% lead) brass to be used. In the uk it is 1.5% lead maximum, or lead must be stated on the packaging. In any case, you can just solder over them. Problem solved.

I can get a 54mm (2") tank connector for £18 ($27) delivered. It joins a 54mm pipe to a metal vessel in a manner that makes it removable. That is just so simple.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/like/22126427 ... =95&ff19=0" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" rel="nofollow

[skeeterhi]

I realise it is traditional here to just tell people to look elsewhere. The fact the post linked too is doing the same thing comes as no surprise. This is useless though when people try to search out past threads. They just gets threads pointing to threads pointing to threads with the same 'look harder' comments. This thread here is destined to become another such red herring that can only lead to more fresh threads as people become perplexed with their search results. I have never known another forum like it.

California now expects lead free (under 0.25% lead) brass to be used. In the uk it is 1.5% lead maximum, or lead must be stated on the packaging. In any case, you can just solder over them. Problem solved.

I can get a 54mm (2") tank connector for £18 ($27) delivered. It joins a 54mm pipe to a metal vessel in a manner that makes it removable. That is just so simple.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/like/22126427 ... =95&ff19=0" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" rel="nofollow

What fun is it, just read and have no correspondence.

There are so many links to every thing and anything, "ask an old timer they know where it is"

[Bandito]

I have to agree, sometimes it seems like people kinda get the run around. Once you start searching for information it feels like you are just chasing your tail. I have tried searching for things only to get 1000+ topics that don't have anything to do with what i'm looking for. It does seem to help a lot when one of the long time members points you in the right direction. skeeter try searching for "pickling brass" it has something to do with soaking in vinegar and hydrogen peroxide.

[skeeterhi]

I have to agree, sometimes it seems like people kinda get the run around. Once you start searching for information it feels like you are just chasing your tail. I have tried searching for things only to get 1000+ topics that don't have anything to do with what i'm looking for. It does seem to help a lot when one of the long time members points you in the right direction. skeeter try searching for "pickling brass" it has something to do with soaking in vinegar and hydrogen peroxide.

Thanks Bandito,

I sat for 10 hours going thru this site yesterday, only making it thru about 1/10th of the treads (topics) with a Total posts of 426721 • Total topics 38659 • Total members 20878 •

It's going too take a long time to find what your looking for.

I have to say; lots of information "library of Home distiller" Library or congress is falling behind